Publications

To some extent it is a problem to be expected with all biopics and costume dramas. Lady Caroline, I’d like…

Divided We Fall by Jan Hrebejk, adapting a novel by Petr Jarchovsky is a very Czech film: charming, warm-hearted, funny,…

The thing I like about the films of Zhang Yimou, especially the early ones like Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, and…

As an example of postmodern movie-making, the beginning of Swordfish, written by Skip Woods and directed by Dominic Sena, takes…

It turns out the new economy is human after all. All signals on the horizon suggest that the American economy…

There is a moment in What’s the Worst that Could Happen? where the movie almost seems to live up to…

Over the three years it took to prepare Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II, I came…

One of the most intriguing proposals for thinking about the post-Cold War world is Harvard professor Samuel Huntington’s suggestion that…

Your Excellency, Bishop Rueger; Sister Paulette Gardner and distinguished members of the board of trustees; President McGarry and members of…

Some people never quite get it. Take Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, who is said to be contemplating a run for…

It’s difficult to recognize the George Pell I’ve known for thirty-five years in Australian press reports on the new Archbishop…

In light of the many speculations about papabili after February’s consistory, I am pleased to announce the Pignedoli Principle, to…